UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT WASHINGTON, DC 20460



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# 2**1~ ~**  OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MEMORANDUM SUBJECT: FROM: Thru: Posting EPA-HQ-ORD-2011-0391 to Regulations.gov for Public Access Joe DeSantis 

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## .p--<jt--v~ Vincent Cogliano Director, IRIS Division ORD/NCEA This memorandum authorizes the posting ofEPA-HQ-ORD-2011 -0391 to Regulations.gov for public access from I0/22/2013 to ll/21/20 13. This docket will be opened to solicit public comment for the external review draft human health assessment titled, "Toxicological Review of Benzo[a]pyrene: In Support of Summary Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)" (EPA/635/R13/138) . The draft assessment was prepared by the National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) within the EPA Office ofResearch and Development (ORO) . EPA is releasing this draft assessment for the purposes ofpublic comment and peer review. This draft assessment is not final as described in EPA's information quality guidelines, and it does not represent and should not be construed to represent Agency policy and views. This docket has been open for public comments from 08/21/2013 to 10/21/2013 . A Federal Register Notice announcing the public comment period has already been posted to this docket . This memorandum authorizes posting ofEPA-HQ-ORD-2011 -039 1 to http: //www.regulations.gov for public access from 10/22/2013 to 11/21/2013 . A Federal Register Notice announcing extension ofthe public comment period to 11121/2013 will be posted to this docket when it is published . The draft "Toxicological Review ofBenzo[a]pyrene : In Support ofSummary Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)" is available primarily via the Internet on the NCEA home page under the Recent Additions and Publications menus at http: //www.epa.gov/ ncea. A limited number ofpaper copies are available from the Information Management Team, NCEA; telephone: 703 -347-8561; facsimile : 703-347 -8691. Ifyou request a paper copy, please provide your name, mailing address, and the document title, "Toxicological Review ofBenzo[a]pyrene: In Support ofSummary Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)." Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-2011-0391, by one ofthe following methods: 

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• http ://www.regulations.gov . Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. Email: Docket_ORD@epa.gov. Fax : 202-566-9744. Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center, (ORD Docket), Mail Code: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20460. Hand Delivery: The ORD Docket is located in the EPA Headquarters Docket Center, EPA West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20004. Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours ofoperation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries ofboxed information. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change and may be made available online at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through http: //www.regulations.gov or e-maiL The http: //www.regulations.gov Web site is an "anonymous access" system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body ofyour comment. Ifyou send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through http: //www.regulations.gov. your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part ofthe comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. Ifyou submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information in the body ofyour comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. IfEPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use ofspecial characters, avoid any form ofencryption, and be free ofany defects or viruses. For additional information about EPA's public docket, visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at http: //www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm Should you have any questions regarding this memorandum, please contact Eric Shultz at (202) 566- 1883, or via email at schultz.eric @ epa.gov.